Health and Wellness Centre
Ilisaqsivik offers Inuit-led, culturally, and linguistically relevant community programs and counselling services for residents of Clyde River and elsewhere in Nunavut.
Programs and services are based on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (traditional knowledge) and Inuuqatigiittiarniq (the healthy inter-connection of mind, body, spirit, and the environment) as a path to healing.
Community Programs
Community Programs serve all life stages from prenatal to Elders in Clyde River. Nine core programs run all year-round, and several others occur on a seasonal and on demand basis.
Counselling Services
Counselling Services is widely recognized—both across Nunavut and by the federal government—as making an important contribution to responding to trauma and addressing the high rate of suicide in Nunavut. Services include counselling, training of counsellors and crisis response.
Community Programs
The programs below are ongoing and offered year-round.
Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program: Pre- and post-natal nutrition for pregnant and breast-feeding women
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. At Ilisaqsivik.
Healthy food pickup for pregnant women: Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m. At Ilisaqsivik.
Parents and Tots Preschool Drop-in
Monday to Friday, 1 to 3 p.m. At Ilisaqsivik.
Breakfast Program for Students
Monday to Friday, 8 to 9 a.m. At Quluaq School.
Lunch Program for Students
Monday to Wednesday, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Pick up lunches at Quluaq School to take home.
Literacy, Tutoring, Community Action Program for Children, and After School Program
Monday to Friday, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. In the teachers’ area at Ilisaqsivik.
Youth Drop-in
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. In the library.
Tuesday and Saturday, 6 to 10 p.m. In the library.
Evening Recreation
Monday to Friday, 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m. In the gym at Quluaq School.
Elders’ Programs
Inuit Societal Values, Monday to Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. At Ilisaqsivik.
Elder’s drop-in, Monday to Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m. At the shack.
Elders’ gathering Friday afternoons, 3 to 5 p.m. 3 to 3:30 p.m. is snacks and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. is games. At Ilisaqsivik.
Radio Show 107.1 FM
Thursdays, for teachers, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Friday, for counselors, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Saturdays, for Elders, 10 a.m. to 1p.m.
Contact us
To learn more and register, call 1-867-924-6565 or 1-888-331-4433, or email tungasugit@ilisaqsivik.ca
Counselling & Training
Counselling is offered in person locally in Clyde River at the Ilisaqsivik resource centre. Remote counselling can be accessed by calling 1-867-924-6565 for other communities in the Qikiqtani region.
Counselor Training through Our Life’s Journey typically includes 50% participants from Clyde River and the rest from elsewhere in Nunavut.
Kids Help Phone Indigenous Services
Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (24/7, press 3 for Indigenous queue)
Text: Text “INUIT” to 686868 (24/7)
Live Chat: Available at kidshelpphone.ca
Additional Programs
- Tajjutaq – 28 Day Addictions Program On The Land
- Crisis Response Trauma Team
- Suicide Prevention
- Community and Regional Healing Gatherings
- Support to survivors of Residential Schools, Day Schools, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
